Show us your collection #17: Ant Harper (Retro Games Collector)

Converting my loft ( click here to see the finished games room ) gave me space enough and an excuse to sort out and catalogue my own hardware collection. I now actually know what I have, what works, what’s boxed or unboxed and what I need to complete certain elements of the collection. It also gave me an opportunity to photograph it all. What follows in this post is not ALL of the...

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Books & Magazines

Learning XNA 4.0

Published by O'Reilly Media 2010

ISBN 1449302769,9781449302764

540 pages

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the learning curve by walking you through the framework in a clear and understandable step-by-step format. Each chapter offers a self-contained lesson with...

The Video Games Guide

Published by McFarland 2013

ISBN 078647257X,9780786472574

376 pages

"The Video Games Guide is the world's most comprehensive reference book on computer and video games. Each game entry lists the year of release, the hardware it was released on, the name of the developer/publisher, a one to five star rating, and an informative review of the game itself"--Provided by publisher.

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